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Electrophiles

OCR A-level Organic ChemistryReactions and Reactive SpeciesLesson 3 of 20

An electrophile is an electron pair acceptor. It is electron deficient and can accept a pair of electrons to form a new dative covalent bond.

Electrophiles are positive ions, such as H+ and NO2+, or molecules with a δ+ atom, such as the hydrogen in H-Br.

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